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Los Angeles, CA - LEAP, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to uncapping talent in the Asian and Pacific Islander community, is deeply disappointed with the announcement to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The end of this program will mean that over 800,000 young and talented people (DREAMers), many who are friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors, will be pushed back into the shadows, forcing them to abandon their dreams and depriving us all of their full potential.

On Sunday, Nicholas Kristof wrote an op-ed, “The Asian Advantage”, for the New York Times generalizing Asian Americans as the model minority and writing that “Asian-Americans are disproportionately stars in American schools, and even in American society as a whole.” He focuses on Asian American exceptionalism by citing aggregate statistics about the Asian American community, US Census data showing higher overall educational attainment and median household income for Asian Americans, and excerpts from The Asian American Achievement Paradox.